Leftovers: Swede To Cheat In Quest For Pointless Record

• Did you know the individual Frisbee time-aloft record is held by a Philadelphia-area resident? 16.72 seconds, set in Chester County in 1984. However, he may lose his record as a Swedish astronaut is going to attempt a new record while in space. Frankly, this seems like cheating to me. Can we get some dude on ‘roids — Justin Gatlin, maybe? — to return this record to its rightful country? [Inquirer]

• In Wednesday’s coverage of Vince Vaughn fingerbangee Mallory Lane (right), I mentioned she also had a piece in the San Antonio Express-Times. Well, they also did an interview and Lane had some different things to say. And her parents defended her! Aww, how cute. [San Antonio Express-Times via Gawker]

• After being rejected when he wanted to hang his ceremonial ex-governor’s portrait in the statehouse as part of his book promotion, it seems Jim McGreevey will finally get his wish. Richard Codey sulks, as he can’t go until McGreevey does. Hrumph. [AP/Camden Courier-Post]

• Apparently, women’s shoes found in a hotel are the break police need to catch the killer of four women found dead just outside Atlantic City last month. [Inquirer]

• The Phillies’ trade earlier this week for Bobby Livingston was nullified by MLB because, uh, you’re not allowed to pick someone up off waivers and immediately trade him for cash to another team. And the Devil Rays picked Livingston up off waivers and immediately traded him to the Phillies. (Uh, maybe.) Whoops. [Beerleaguer]

‘Morning Call’ Lands Scoop Usually Reserved For ‘Star’

Laura Mallory Lane (center, obviously) is a 20-year-old sorority girl from Allentown who allegedly got finger-banged by Vince Vaughn while on vacation, breaking up the actor’s relationship with Jennifer Aniston.

Today, 6 ABC reports, she has an op-ed piece in two newspapers about her time with Vaughn and how she’s not an evil bitch or something. The papers? The San Antonio Express-News — she goes to Trinity in Texas — and The Allentown Morning Call!

Yes, the little plucky paper that could landed Lane’s letter, which… God. It’s about Roman history — looks like someone did well in Ancient Roman History (Hist 020) in college! — and why blogs and Star magazine are evil and it doesn’t even mention if Vince Vaughn was any good in bed or not. Here, read some of it:

What happened to me these past weeks was unfortunate, yes, but I am certainly not alone. Every day in the media, people are criticized, demeaned, and laughed at without rationale. We take pleasure in hating celebrities and public figures for no reason other than that it makes for good entertainment and money-making outlets. There are more Web sites and magazine articles dedicated to hating and gossiping about Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton than to informing young people about the crisis in Sudan, or the conflicts in Lebanon. We follow Britney’s first nights out without Kevin more closely than we follow America’s first female Speaker of the House.

Like oh my God, what an epiphany. God dammit. Youse are going to have to read the rest of this yourself.

Roman history puts celebrity circus into perspective [Allentown Morning Call]
Allentown Native Speaks Out About Night With Vaughn [6 ABC]